Piast Gliwice

Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice (pronounced [ɡlʲiˈvʲit͡sʲ.ci klup spɔrˈtɔ.vɨ pʲjasd ɡlʲiˈvʲi.t͡sɛ][upper-alpha 1]) is a Polish football club based in Gliwice, Poland. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship.

Piast Gliwice
Full nameGliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice
Nickname(s)Piastunki (the Custodians, the Keepers)
Founded18 June 1945 (1945-06-18)
GroundStadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka
Capacity9,913
ChairmanGrzegorz Bednarski
ManagerWaldemar Fornalik
LeagueEkstraklasa
2020–216th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Piast Gliwice first Ekstraklasa championship celebration in 2018

History

The club was founded in June 1945 by the Poles who had been forced to leave their homeland in present-day Western Ukraine. After the 1956 fusion of the three clubs, GKS Gliwice was formed. Piast continued to play their matches on ul. Robotniczej. In 1964, the 2 clubs merged. The new club name was 'GKS Piast Gliwice'. Piast's football team played as many as 32 seasons in the Polish Second Division, before finally being promoted to the Ekstraklasa in 2008. Having played two seasons in the top division, the club was relegated in 2010. Piast have twice (1978, 1983) managed to reach the final of the Cup of Poland, losing on both occasions. The club's name comes from the Piast dynasty, which ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state in the 10th century, until 1370. Piast is the first soccer team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European Cup.[1]

Naming history
  • (18.06.1945) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (23.05.1946) – KSM Piast Gliwice
  • (September/November 1947) – ZKSM Piast Gliwice
  • (05.03.1949) – ZS Metal Piast Gliwice (merged with ZKSM Huta Łabędy, ZKS Walcownia Łabędy, RKS Jedność Rudziniec, *RKS PZS Gliwice and ZKS Silesia Gliwice)
  • (01.11.1949) – ZKS Stal Gliwice
  • (11.03.1951) – ZKS Stal GZUT Gliwice
  • (15.03.1955) – ZKS Piast Gliwice
  • (20.01.1957) – KS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.01.1961) – SKS Piast Gliwice
  • (15.03.1964) – GKS Piast Gliwice (merged with GKS Gliwice and KS Metal Gliwice)
  • (17.10.1983) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (12.09.1989) – CWKS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (1989) – [merged with ZTS Łabędy (Gliwice)]
  • (1990) – CWKS Bumar-Piast Gliwice
  • (04.04.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (11.05.1990) – KS Bumar Łabędy (Gliwice)
  • (01.07.1990) – KS Bumar Gliwice
  • (1991) – KS Piast-Bumar Gliwice
  • (01.07.1992) – MC-W GKS Piast Gliwice
  • (01.08.1995) – KS Bojków Gliwice (merged with KS Bojków Gliwice)
  • (15.09.1995) – KS Piast Bojków Gliwice
  • (02.09.1996) – GKS Piast Gliwice

Honours

Seasons

European record

Results
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Qarabağ FK 2–2 1–2 3–4 (a.e.t.)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 2Q IFK Göteborg 0–3 0–0 0–3
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q BATE Borisov 1−2 1−1 2−3
UEFA Europa League 2Q Riga FC 3−2 1−2 4−4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Minsk N/A 2−0 N/A
2Q Hartberg 3–2 N/A N/A
3Q Copenhagen N/A 0−3 N/A
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

UEFA Team ranking
See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 30 September 2021.[2]

RankTeamPoints
301 Kauno Žalgiris3.500
302 Široki Brijeg3.500
303 Piast Gliwice3.500
304 Gabala3.500
305 Cork City3.500

Stadium
Stadion Miejski

Piast plays their home games at the 10,000 capacity Stadion Miejski im. Piotra Wieczorka in Gliwice.

Supporters

Piast have a friendship with fans of Belarusian club BATE Borisov since 2011. The friendship started when BATE fans on their way to a Champions League match in Copenhagen stopped for a Piast game against local rivals GKS Katowice. The Piast fans then went to Alkmaar to support BATE versus AZ. After another visit for a Champions League game against Sturm Graz, the friendship became official and both sets of fans regularly visit each other.[3]

Piast's major rivals are Górnik Zabrze, with whom they contest the local derby.[4][5] The stadiums are located just a few kilometres from each other and Górnik have a sizeable support within Gliwice. Other rivals are local teams Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and the two Bytom clubs, Szombierki and Polonia.

Current squad
As of 3 March, 2022[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  POL Jakub Szmatuła
2 DF  POL Ariel Mosór
4 DF  POL Jakub Czerwiński
5 DF  SVK Tomáš Huk
6 MF  POL Michał Chrapek
9 FW  ESP Alberto Toril
10 MF  HUN Kristopher Vida
11 FW  EST Rauno Sappinen
13 DF  POL Maksym Gendera
14 DF  SVK Jakub Holúbek
15 FW  POL Mateusz Winciersz
18 FW  POL Kamil Wilczek
19 MF  POL Michael Ameyaw
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  POL Martin Konczkowski
22 DF  POL Tomasz Mokwa
23 DF  ESP Miguel Muñoz
24 MF  ENG Tom Hateley
26 GK  SVK František Plach
28 MF  POL Michał Kaput
29 FW  SRB Nikola Stojiljković
33 GK  POL Karol Szymański
37 DF  AUT Constantin Reiner
77 MF  POL Arkadiusz Pyrka
92 FW  POL Damian Kądzior
96 MF  MKD Tihomir Kostadinov
98 DF  GRE Alexandros Katranis

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  POL Paweł Rabin (at Sokol Ostroda until 30 June 2022)
— GK  POL Patryk Królczyk (at GKS Katowice until 30 June 2022)
— MF  POL Michał Rakowiecki (at Gwarek Tarnowskie Góry until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  POL Wojciech Kamiński (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec until 30 June 2022)
— MF  POL Wiktor Preuss (at Pogoń Siedlce until 30 June 2022)

Former players
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
Lithuania
Monaco
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Spain
Ukraine
South America
Brazil
Ecuador

Managers

Notes
  1. In isolation, Piast is pronounced [pʲjast]

See also

References
  1. "Kapitan Piasta awansował z nim od B-klasy do ekstraklasy" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. "Club coefficients | UEFA Coefficients". UEFA.com.
  3. Kuczyński, Tomasz. "Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]". dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze 3:2. Festiwal goli w śląskich derbach [ZDJĘCIA]". sport.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. SG, JU. "Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze. Dziś derby przy Okrzei WYNIK NA ŻYWO GDZIE W TV, TRANSMISJA ONLINE". gazetawroclawska.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. "Piast Gliwice current squad" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Specjalista od awansów – Jacek Zieliński" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  8. "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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